[Slow Travel] Assassin System - Mingguang

Why is "again"...

This is a sad question.

In fact, Miao Xuan knew very well that some of his behaviors all the time were absurd things that shocked his three views to his native subordinate Old Tang, and he also knew that most of the court officials' infamy towards him was due to this, but— ——In this world where the building will fall in front of his eyes and there is nothing he can do, he can't even do a little work, can he?

Although this kind of "little effort" is not recognized at all.

The thin little girl couldn't stop shivering, Miao Xuan sighed, and didn't hide from the reliable old Tang: "Before tonight, she was the eldest daughter of Mu Beihou, and after tonight, she will be an unnamed orphan."

Tang Tongzhi: "?!"

After Tang Tongzhi understood this sentence with difficulty, he said slowly, "As far as I know, there is only one prostitute of Mu Beihou, and that is the county princess who is currently widowed."

Miao Xuan: "..."

Knowing that he was wrong, Miao Xuan said in a low voice, "Uh... that's the one, I'll leave it to you..."

Tang Tongzhi emptied his eyes, and murmured: "Gu Wei, even if you steal widows again, you can't steal this one who is at the forefront..."

Miao Xuan: "..."

He would argue a few years ago, but now that there are too many times, he can't say anything.

As for why he picked up such a little girl at this juncture, it all started when he met Qi Yanheng and walked down the city wall with him.

Since Miao Xuan had just helped Qi Rendong break through the realm, his father should have thought about what he said, and they were indeed family friends of the same generation, so it is naturally worth having a small gathering when meeting old friends.

Liaodong Saibei is not as red tape as Gyeonggi and Jiangnan, but it has a very vigorous wine culture, and even the food continues the fierce style. It is not embarrassing to serve whole cows and sheep, let alone wild birds and fresh fish. The cooking techniques are quite simple, but Winning in high quality and sufficient quantity.

To Miao Xuan's relief, there were no exciting entertainment activities, no fancy singing and dancing performances, and no various special services in this small banquet.

In this era, the singing and dancing that will appear in private gatherings must include elements such as sex and violence, and the more high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the more they like to be extravagant and lustful.

Of course Miao Xuan was indifferent to this, but the social atmosphere was such that what he could do was to hardly participate in such gatherings.

However, few people know the preference of the commander of the Qilin Guard. Most people have the stereotype of Jin Yiwei as being full of five poisons. What's more, Miao Xuan's reputation is quite capable, and over the years, all parties have competed for tribute and bribes. This image was further enhanced, and only a few people were surprised to find that this commander of the Qilin Guard actually had the living habits of an ascetic monk.

Qi Yanheng actually knew him better than Miao Xuan thought, and prepared such a light banquet. Miao Xuan was very grateful for this, so he enthusiastically persuaded him to drink to show respect. No matter how volatile and how drinkable it is, it can't compare to Miao Xuan's ability to not get drunk at all. In the end, Miao Xuan killed Qi Yanheng at the cost of going to the toilet many times.

Then he took this opportunity to visit the feudal prince's mansion alone at night.

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Although You Jitai agreed to the Qilin Guard's search, accompanied by private soldiers, the search would be boundless, and in the entire Liaodong, only Qi Yanheng was able to match Miao Xuan's strength. As long as there is no Qi Yanheng's interference, no one can Capture the whereabouts of the Qilin Governor.

Because of this, Miao Xuan had no choice but to choose this non-solution. Could Qi Yanheng not guess why he persuaded him to drink?That must be impossible, and it should have been possible for him to take advantage of the trend to get drunk, but it was just a friendly concession, but Miao Xuan still decided to look for clues.

The energy flow in this world has its own unique trajectory. As long as there is no interference from the same experts, Miao Xuan is very confident to gamble on his more than [-] years of experience in murder investigations.

*

In the middle of the night, the huge feudal prince's mansion was completely dark. There were spirit-calling streamers and altars set up at the gate of the mansion and in front of the main house. Thousands of white candles swayed in the evening wind, making the shadows faint and haunting.

As early as on the way to Liaodong, Miao Xuan had read the relevant files. Naturally, it is impossible for this so-called extermination case to leave anyone alive. The number of victims is extremely appalling, including 16 people including the prince of Liaodong and his children, wives and concubines. There were 370 guards, three Youjitai disciples who happened to be present that night, and five Golden Crow Guards.

The total number of victims in this extermination case is more than a hundred people than in the Lan family extermination case back then. However, most of the victims of the Lan family were descendants and offshoots, but now the majority are completely innocent servants and attendants. ——It is impossible for evil spirits to have any compassion for killing people. They are all experts in sitting down, and they hold deep-seated hatred for all living beings.

It is precisely because of this that killing by evil spirits, especially after brutal killings, will leave a strong remnant of negative emotions at the scene of the crime, and this will easily give birth to new evil spirits, which will eventually lead to repeated tragedies, like a virus diffusion.

Miao Xuan once dealt with a big case that happened in a small town. At first, the tragedy only originated from a tenant farmer who died unjustly, but in the end it affected thousands of local people. New monsters are born, they devour each other and connect with each other, so they become demons and monsters that harm one side.

Miao Xuanye visited the feudal prince's mansion in order to find the filth left behind by the Miemen case. After all, he has the spiritual power of the body far beyond the size of this world. As long as there is no interference, he is unmatched in detection.

For example, for the same filth, Qi Yanheng could only perceive the filthiness of the breath, and immediately judged that there was a huge hidden danger; but Miao Xuan could accurately determine what kind of evil spirit left behind the filth, and accurately deduce its whereabouts and whereabouts. Even the phantom of this evil spirit can be seen.

At this time, it has been a month since the crime happened, and all the bones have been collected by You Jitai, but the crime scene has not been cleaned very much, black blood stains can be seen everywhere, and thick dust is accumulated in every corner. Even the frost and snow that covered the entire mansion looked filthy.

Miao Xuan had no choice but to rejoice that he came early all the way. If the ice melted and the snow melted a few days later, the unrepaired courtyard would become muddy, and any traces would be polluted.

But even if he catches up with the last evidence collection, this mansion...

With limited time, Miao Xuan jumped directly onto the tallest tower. He closed his eyes and released all his mental power, and then invisible power covered the entire mansion.

Mental power in this world will be generally summarized as "perception", and its usage is very rough, but Miao Xuan has accumulated in multiple worlds, and he can accurately detect the movements of this area, and even can use it in the form of a small map. deconstruction.

Under the night, the Liaodong feudal prince's mansion is like a corpse that has lost its soul. It is rotting, the flesh and blood have long since died, and the bones are riddled with holes, empty, dirty and rotten. Such bones are disgusting even maggots.

Miao Xuan still couldn't find any filth, but he didn't completely miss it. In the southeast corner of the feudal prince's mansion, there was a breath of a living person hiding underground.

survivor?Impossible, the persecution of evil spirits will not be blocked by a layer of ground, this can only be the person who sneaked into the palace after the tragedy, Miao Xuan jumped from the top of the tower, and rushed to the abnormal place in an instant.

The southeast is the living area belonging to the owner of the mansion, which is quite magnificent, and judging from the decoration, it should be the residence of the little county king.

At some point, the moon finally came out of the clouds, and the cold night was finally no longer dark. Miao Xuan walked around the corridor and went directly to the bedroom in the backyard. The moment he stepped into the room, he couldn't help frowning.

Although Youji Terrace has already collected the corpses, one can guess the situation at that time from the scene that has not been cleaned up. The moonlight illuminates the narrow room brightly, and there are messy clothes and jewelry everywhere, and excessively indulgent displays , the brains and blood that had dried up on the ground and walls... Come on, this little county king is also a hungry ghost at such a young age.

A month passed, and all the smells had dissipated. Miao Xuan carefully studied the layout and found the mechanism button with years of experience. He pushed open the Duobao Pavilion, and the mercury mirror on the bed was turned over, revealing the narrow In the storage room, there was a bang, and a red figure fell out together with jewelry and porcelain.

This is a very thin girl, holding a dagger in her hand, she is only about eleven or twelve years old, her face is pale, her hair is disheveled, and her facial features are beautiful, but the dress she wears is not what ordinary brides would wear. , in the tradition of Jokhang, this is the uniform of a ghost marriage.

"Jinyiwei—"

The girl let out a small scream, her background should not be too bad, because she recognized Qilinwei's uniform at a glance, which made her immediately lose the courage to resist, slipped and fell to the ground, tears streaming down her face .

Miao Xuan was taken aback, and then immediately realized that it was the "Princess Xiaojun". Her family had already written a form and submitted it. How did the disciples of Youjitai introduce it?They said... "The Chastity Arch is already on the way".

So why is the girl here?Because in the process of sacrificing the husband of the Wangmen widow, the ghost marriage needs to worship the mourning hall, and it is obvious that the little bride does not want to wait for the death, she does not know how to escape from the mourning altar, and hides in this familiar small secret room, Because of the blockade of Youji Terrace, her family could not stay overnight to search, and the bride's escape from marriage was a big scandal, so there was not a single word of it leaked.

Miao Xuan's guess is indistinguishable, and the fact is true, but this is not because he is so prophetic, but because he has seen similar scenes too many times in this world.

Yes, compared to an embarrassing unmarried little widow, of course a tablet inlaid with gold and jade is more valuable.

In this era when the death rate is not low, it is not uncommon to be widowed. This situation is similar to newlyweds and widows. Among them, widows from poor families will be resold for remarriage, daughters of merchant families will become monks and close their doors, and officials from aristocratic families will be remarried. Most of the girls were buried to observe the festival...

The more daughters you raise, the more you can afford it.

Miao Xuan never expected to meet such a "survivor" in this spooky mansion. The Liaodong Palace must be sealed up for many years after a vigorous investigation. If he doesn't intervene, what will happen to this girl? After being found, it was returned to the family as a martyr, that is, hiding here and starving to death in the ghost house.

The little girl was trembling, her thin body could hardly support this set of complicated clothes, she tried her best to make her kneeling look well-mannered, and kowtowed: "Please, please...please...don't..."

Miao Xuan was helpless, he could only take this child with him, and went to find his reliable subordinate Lao Tang in the middle of the night.

After the antecedent narration was over, Old Tang's face was numb, and Miao Xuan said apologetically, "Then, I will leave this child to you."

Old Tang: "Oh, hehe, is it okay to shave your head? But this is Liaodong. If you want to take someone away, you can't be a girl."

Before Miao Xuan said anything, the little girl suddenly raised her head, her eyes were red: "I will listen to the adults!"

Old Tang was taken aback, scratched his head after a while, and sighed: "I hope you will always be sensible...well, come with me."

*

In the early morning of the second day, Mu Fengyang walked out of the room after washing up. After a night of hard work, he is now a brand new Qilin Guard, and nothing can defeat him. Yesterday he was so reckless that he lost the face of the adults. Today he will hold his head high, even if Qi Yanheng, the uncrowned king of Liaodong, comes—

"Why are you here?!" Standing behind the railing on the second floor, Mu Fengyang stared fiercely at Qi Rendong who was walking up the stairs.

The young man was dressed in rich and noble clothes, and he also wore a black cloak, with a short knife dangling from his waist. His facial features and eyes were similar to his father's, but their impressions were hugely different. If the father was as handsome as a landscape , then this son is Zhilan Yushu, who is also a handsome and good son, but he was born in the courtyard.

I saw this Qi Rendong standing straight at the stairs, greeting with a frosty face: "Brother Mu Shi, did you sleep well last night?"

"Very good." Mu Fengyang twitched the corners of his mouth, and said word by word, "Very good, thank you, and you."

Qi Rendong looked at him contemptuously: "Thanks to Uncle Shi's help, the promotion of the realm made me suddenly enlightened. I stuck to the realm last night and benefited a lot."

"...Congratulations." Mu Fengyang paused and repeated, "Congratulations."

At this moment, footsteps came from behind the long corridor, and the commander of the Qilin Guard came out. He was still dressed as yesterday, looking gentle and capable, and he was still in the strict dark green Qilin robe, with three knives on his back and back. .

But this time, Qi Rendong finally stopped looking half-dead, and he showed a faint but sincere smile: "Uncle Lan Shi! Father asked me to entertain you, as a landlord, you last night How are you resting?"

Miao Xuan was first slapped in the face by an uncle, and then he thought what else to do. He couldn't stop on the road, and his stomach was bloated from drinking with him in the evening. The wind was really strong last night, and he picked up another child to trouble Old Tang. Leading the team to visit the feudal prince's mansion again, anyway, just don't give me a chance to sleep.

But after all, Qi Rendong is the son of a family friend who didn't know anything, he just smiled gently and said: "Very well, then I will trouble you after this."

Qi Rendong went straight to his uncle, and passed Mu Fengyang who was standing there very naturally, his cloak raised a chic arc, and then he said in a reasonable way: "The climate in Liaodong is about to get warmer, whether it is a corpse It is still not easy to preserve the traces in the palace, so without further ado, I invite Qilin Guards to follow me into the Liaodong Palace today."

Mu Fengyang: "..."

"Thank you, how is your father now?" Miao Xuan walked towards the stairs together with this junior acquaintance, and nodded to Mu Fengyang as he passed by, "Good morning, Fengyang."

Before Mu Fengyang could answer, Qi Rendong stabbed without pain or itching: "Thank you for your concern, but I haven't seen my father drunk like this for a long time, you really have an amazing drinking capacity."

After all, the drinking was premeditated, Miao Xuan immediately looked at the young man, and said apologetically, "I was the one to be rude."

Qi Rendong laughed again: "How could it be? Our favorite in Liaodong is a friend who can drink a thousand cups. The capacity for drinking is the capacity for stomach. I admire your capacity last night, not to mention your martial arts—if you can get it from If you learn a trick or two here, it will benefit me for the rest of my life."

Miao Xuan laughed: "How could that be? Your father is the best teacher, and I have only learned some superficial orders."

Qi Rendong's eyes lit up: "I heard...have you ever practiced the Xuan Xu Order with your father?"

Miao Xuan nodded: "That happened when we were young, when I was still studying on Shen's hidden island."

Qi Rendong immediately became interested: "When my father was young? There must have been many interesting things, so please tell me about it—Uncle Lan?"

The boy's voice has just passed the voice-changing period, although it is thick but still clear, the last address is slightly raised, it seems to be begging and coquettish.

Hearing what he said, Miao Xuan couldn't help thinking of some old things, and couldn't help laughing: "It's all trivial things, by the way, the disciples of Jiuxinggang must be proficient in swimming, but your father didn't want to Go into the water, I remember when I..."

Mu Fengyang stood there in a daze, watching the pair of uncles and nephews going down the stairs together. Then, the door behind him opened, and Tang Tongzhi poked his head out like a thief, with two black faces hanging on his face. Eye circle: "So soon, are you ready? I'll let the brothers go."

Mu Fengyang ignored him, his eyes were still hanging on the two people who walked into the hall together, Qi Rendong was a little shorter than the commander, and the proud walking posture with his head up and chest was disgusting, but it was obvious that he The guards in his body weighed the half-grown boy, and walked side by side with him in line with his pace.

Tang Tongzhi had long been used to Mu Fengyang's dead appearance, so he ignored him. He pushed aside this junior and planned to arrange for the rest of the brothers, and happened to see the two downstairs at a glance.

"Hey." Tang Tongzhi murmured, "It's been a long time since I saw Duwei teaching students like this. The Qi family and the Lan family are really in the same spirit."

The two had already reached the gate, You Jitai had already prepared the horses, just when Miao Xuan was negotiating with the Qi family's children, Qi Rendong just turned around, and he saw Mu Fengyang who was staring at the gate straight away , So he showed a contemptuous sneer.

At this moment, Young Master Mu almost heard that sound - "Chi".

Mu Fengyang thought, if he died of anger here, endless evil spirits would inevitably be born to claim the life of this brat.

*

After exploring the palace last night and entering the palace for the second time this morning, Miao Xuan knew in his heart that there were no clues left in the huge feudal prince's mansion, but he also dutifully arranged for personnel to search. Qilin Guard's work efficiency was extraordinary. By then, a rough map of the night of the crime had been drawn, and the victims were marked with red dots, which were so dense and shocking.

Miao Xuan had already seen the precise modeling made by the system on the mini-map. The victims’ deaths were all completed in a very short period of time, and almost no one resisted. Both the disciple and the Golden Crow Guard seemed to have died in their sleep, their heads crushed when they stood still.

But the flaw is hidden here, not everyone is indifferent, a very small number of people have had painful struggles before death, and almost all of these people are ignorant babies.

The head of a young child being crushed while being rational... sounds terrifying and frightening, and it makes people's hairs stand on end.

And this feature is also reflected in the case of Lan's extermination of the family. The young children struggled desperately, while the older adults did not resist, but Lan's also had a special victim. He was an adult, but before his death He also struggled desperately. It was a side branch child whose brain was damaged due to a serious injury and became an idiot.

From this, Miao Xuan came up with the first inference. This is probably the demon of target one, who controlled those who had enough resistance in a certain way, and this way is ineffective for immature people. But Yaoxie doesn't need to worry about this, because it can easily kill these weak people.

This guess seems logical, but what about the standard?It can't be intelligence, can it?

But it's better to have a guess than nothing, although this flaw is based on nearly a thousand lives...

After the investigation was over, all the Qilin Guards felt the difficulty of this task. Even Tang Tongzhi, who had always been prudent, couldn't hide his anxiety. It must be too late for Qilinwei's two operations, and they have to cooperate with Youjitai—but Youjitai must have done a rough autopsy, and they didn't find anything special.

It's a pity that the King of Liaodong and his wife and children couldn't be autopsied, otherwise we could get more information...

There was no autopsy after the case of Lan's extermination. The royal family hastily closed the case, sealed off the Cuifei Building, urged Shen Lang to bury him and erect a monument, and then closed the case with the most magnificent funeral.

After Miao Xuan entered Beijing again, all the corpses were completely decayed, and the remaining bones did not show anything special—yes, Miao Xuan dug his father’s grave, and not only his father, but also uncles and grandparents Waiting for a group of relatives and elders of the Lan family were very rebellious, which also won him the first wave of infamy.

As a result, the first emperor tried hard to impeach him, but wanted to find a family of nobles for Miao Xuan, so he pulled out a list of "good birth" girls' families that day.

At the end of the small meeting, the Qilin Guards went to their destinations to complete the task, while Miao Xuan wanted to take Mu Fengyang to investigate the relationship between the King of Liaodong. What's the matter, as if he was angry, he followed behind him, with his head bowed and closed.

Miao Xuan has no time to pay attention to the mental state of this cheap disciple for the time being. The main reason is that as soon as the meeting ended, he looked up and saw Qi Yanheng beside Qi Rendong who was not far away. …

That's right, no matter how drunk he is, with the martial arts practice of this Master Youji, he should have fully recovered in one night.

Qi Yanheng was still dressed in that familiar attire. Even if he stood silently in the corner, he was the most eye-catching one. The young man beside him was immediately made green by his father. Even though they had similar eyebrows and eyes, the aura between the father and son The gap is simply too great.

Seeing that Qilin Guard had finished the discussion, Qi Yanheng strode forward: "How is the search going?"

Miao Xuan thanked him first: "The investigation went well, but we still haven't got too many clues. The next autopsy will also trouble you."

Qi Yanheng stood still, but he didn't immediately agree, but slowly repeated "your faction", and then smiled with ambiguous meaning: "I thought, brother Lan was so enthusiastic about the toast last night, it must be because he treats me, Qi, as a friend, I didn't expect to be so polite today."

Miao Xuan began to have a stomachache.

Even if it was a joking occasion, it was not Mu Fengyang's turn to intervene, but Qi Rendong came to make a rescue, he said with a smile: "Daddy, I'm sorry for Uncle Lan, after all, he got you drunk last night .”

"...Is that so?" Qi Yanheng glanced at his son, and then said to Miao Xuan, "It seems that this kid treated you well, what did you say to him?"

Miao Xuan felt that the embarrassing stomach pain was relieved a little bit, and began to brag about business hard: "Lonicera is humble and studious, warmly entertains guests, and also assists the Qilin Guard to investigate, a young hero, careful and cautious, it can't be better, I am I told him some interesting things about when we were in school."

Qi Yanheng: "..."

Seeing Lan Xuan trying hard to think of words to praise, Qi Yanheng felt a little inexplicably wanting to laugh, but he still maintained a calm expression: "This kid can't afford your praise, I just ask you to give him more advice, his Nickname is 'Silver Vine'."

You must know that ordinary family friends will only introduce the family name, and telling the child's nickname is the treatment that can only be obtained if the family is good, and the elders of this level generally need to meet the younger generation.

But the problem is that at the banquet last night, Qi Rendong went to meditate to consolidate his realm, and he didn't have time to go through the process, but today Miao Xuan didn't expect this. The most valuable thing in his body is the unicorn knife, followed by a few taels of silver. The former cannot be parted, and the latter Those who can't do it at all.

Fortunately, Qi Rendong is very considerate: "Uncle Lan can call me whatever you want in the future, I'll just be naughty here for a while, I don't want your gift for now, and I'll ask you for something later when I have something I want."

The father and son arranged Miao Xuan clearly in one sentence. He was stunned for a long time before he said helplessly: "Okay, if you can bear... Yinteng wants anything in the future, just tell me." Seven

Of course, Qi Rendong could distinguish between the politeness and the truth in the words, he was surprised that he could still get such a promise, after being stunned for a while, he smiled and said: "Then I will thank Uncle Lan first... I didn't expect Uncle Lan to be such a person , it really doesn't look like a Qilin's guard."

Qi Yanheng interrupted Qi Rendong with a light cough, and scolded lightly: "What are you talking about? It's outrageous."

So Qi Rendong bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and followed the good example.

Miao Xuan: ...

Miao Xuan asked for proof: Am I being tricked?

The small system quietly said: Yes.

Miao Xuan: ...

In a few words, the four of them had already walked out of the feudal prince's mansion. The horses from Qilinwei and Youjitai were waiting outside the door. There were bursts of cigarettes not far away, and the paper objects burned on the mourning hall turned into ashes, crying Spiritual voices came and went, and the situation was even worse than yesterday.

Seeing that several Qilin guards were puzzled, the disciples of Youjitai explained: "The concubine Xiaojun was in unbearable grief last night and committed suicide. This is really a loyal and chaste woman."

Miao Xuan was stunned, he didn't expect that the family would continue to sing the play, it seems that they were really determined to win the archway, luckily he had already taken the little girl away, although she lost her family identity, she finally saved her life.

The words of praise aroused the approval of the crowd, and the Qilin guards had to rush to leave immediately, and Miao Xuan didn't want to stay here any longer. He got on his horse, and when he was about to say goodbye, Qi Yanheng suddenly got on his horse and stepped forward. He didn't choose to pass the sound transmission into the secret, but directly declared to Miao: "The joint burial requires an autopsy, and the bride must be present."

Miao Xuan grabbed the horse abruptly and turned to look at him.

"Lan Xuan, after so many years, do you still think that saving one can put an end to this kind of thing?" Qi Yanheng lowered her eyes and said softly, "They will find another substitute who is about the same age...you can't guess Bar?"